Yieldable support



Patented May 25, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT, OFF-ICE.

HERBERT B, FIELDS, OF ALAMEIDA, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO FRED- ERICK J. BEHNEMAN, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

YIELDABLE SUPPORT.

Application filed February 19, 1925. Serial No. 10,196.

The present invention relates to a yield able support fonflexible cords and the like. Said invention is particularly adapted for use upon ironing boards, and its main object is to keep, at all times, the cord attached to the electric iron taut. Another object of the invention is to protect the cord from twisting or kinking or from breakage by reason of undue strain being placed thereon or fromthe same being caught upon the edges of the board or stood upon by the .operator.

With the above mentioned and other objccts in view, the invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter described, illustrated in the accompanying sheet of drawings and set forth in the claim hereto appended, it being understood that various changes in form, proportion, size and minor details of construction within the scope of the claim may he resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings The figure is a view in elevation of the preferred embodiment of my invention.

In the drawings wherein like characters of reference designate corresponding parts 1 indicates a carrier sheath. Said sheath in its best form consists of spring wire heli eally wound and tapered toward its upper end 2. The up er end 2 of said sheath 1 is provided wit a wearing guard 3 preferably of insulative material which allows the flexible cord 4 passing through the sheath with suflicient frictional closeness to hold it normally in position while permitting intentional initial adjustment, from becoming worn against the surface of the sheath. 5 is a conventional type attaching bracket provided on its under surface with a screw clamp 6. Said screw clamp 6 is provided at one of its ends with a clamping member 7 adapted to engage the underside of the board 8. Any means may be employed in attaching the lower end 9 of the sheath 1 to the bracket 5but preference is given to the means shown wherein the attaching bracket 5 carries a mounting bracket 10. Said mounting bracket 10 is split and is held in closed relation around the sheath 1 by means of screws 11.

The end 4 carries at one of its ends a plug 12 for fitting an electric light socket or outlet. The other end of the cord car'- ries a plug 13 adapted for connection with an electric iron, not shown.

In order to use the device, the operator attaches the same to the ironing board 8 by tightening the screw clamp 6 of the attaching bracket 5. thus holding it steady upon the board. The operator then initially adjusts the cord 4 by slipping it through the sheath, so that its forward portion extends beyond the end 2 of the sheath 1 to the desired working length, and attaches the plug 13 to the electric iron. On the forward movement of the iron the coiled carrier sheath 1 will, due to its flexibility, resiliently bend forwardly at all angles. As the iron is moved rearwardly, the coiled carrier sheath 1 will also move rearwardly. Thus it will be seen that the cord 4 under the constant resilient strain of the sheath will at all times be taut.

Itis to be noted, as shown and described, the sheath is of best made tapering. This is of decided advantage in that it better distributes the flexing strains over the length of the sheath and prevents it from tending to bend too often in any given place, which would have the effect of causing it to lose its resiliency in that locality.

I claim A yieldable support for flexible cords comprising a universally resilient, helically wound tubular carrier sheath tapered throughout its length and self sustaining in a' vertical position, a mounting member.-

said sheath being secured at its larger end to the mounting member and its other end free; a wearing guard carried within said free end adapted for the passage therethrough of the cord with a normal fric-' tional holding fit.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

HERBERT B. FIELDS. 

